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WASHINGTON: Google Inc is telling US lawmakers that it never dissected or used any of the information that it accidentally sucked up while collecting data about public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries. In a letter to three key members of the House Commerce Committee, the company apologized for collecting fragments of e-mails, search requests and other online activities over unencrypted Wi-Fi networks while photographing neighborhoods for its "Street View" mapping feature.

NEW YORK: It's so big, you won't even need Google Maps to find it. Google has a new home in New York: a 300,000-sq ft, three-floor office that covers a Manhattan city block. The California-headquartered Google has had employees in New York in advertising sales since '00 and in engineering since '03. It said the new office is a step up. "About a year ago we really decided that New York could be a very significant presence for Google," said Tim Armstrong, vp of advertising sales.

TOKYO: Japan said on Thursday that Internet giant Google should drop from its map service the Chinese name for a disputed island chain at the centre of a bitter feud between Tokyo and Beijing. Google Maps shows both the Japanese and Chinese names of the group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that lie near possible energy deposits and are claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. "I want to make a representation from the foreign ministry to Google," Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara told parliament after the conservative opposition complained to the company.

LAHORE: Pakistani authorities and Google have signed an agreement to use Google Maps to promote historical and tourist sites across the country's most populous province of Punjab. The Punjab provincial government and Google Inc yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in information technology at the Arfa Karim Software Technology Park in Lahore. Under the agreement, Google Inc will promote historical and tourist sites on the internet, particularly Google Maps, to promote worldwide awareness about Punjab's heritage.

Google's legal expert, Geetanjali Duggal and Venkatesh Hariharan, head of public policy and government affairs, Google on Monday met with a few BJP leaders in Bangalore where the company launched its controversial Street View feature in May this year. It was a closed door meeting led by Ashwath Narayan, a member of legislative council to negotiate on the Streetview feature which the party had opposed to earlier. "We are reviewing the objections and we have also started a dialogue with the central govt," said Hariharan.

As Google's senior vice-president and head for worldwide enterprise services, Amit Singh is tasked with growing some of the company's most popular applications including Gmail, Drive, Maps, Search and Cloud that generate about $1 billion (Rs 6,200 crore) in sales annually. In an interview with ET, Delhi born Singh discusses how Google maintains a start-up culture even after becoming a large company. Edited excerpts: How does Google manage to innovate like a startup ?

SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc is deploying a fleet of small, camera-equipped airplanes above several cities, the Internet search company's latest step in its ambitious and sometimes controversial plan to create a digital map of the world. Google plans to release the first three-dimensional maps for several cities by the end of the year, the company said at a news conference at its San Francisco offices on Wednesday. Google declined to name the cities, but it showed a demonstration of a 3D map of San Francisco, in which a user can navigate around an aerial view of the city.

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NEW DELHI: In a setback to its global mapping project , internet search giant Google on Tuesday said that it has suspended its 'Street View' service in Bangalore following an order from the police. "We can confirm that we received a letter from the Commissioner of Police regarding Street View. We are currently reviewing it and have stopped our cars until we have a chance to answer any questions or concerns the police have," Google spokesperson said. Last month, Google had launched its Street View service in India and had begin collecting images of streets by driving across the city in specially designed cars and trikes, (three-wheel pedi-cab)

NEW YORK: Every time smartphone users fire up apps like Angry Birds and Google Maps , US and British spy agencies extract huge amounts of personal data, according to documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden . In their globe-spanning surveillance for terrorism suspects and other targets, the US National Security Agency and its British counterpart GCHQ have been trying to exploit mobile phone technology,...